09.03.2010
Jimmy Scott singing “Sycamore trees” during David Lynch cult series “Twin Peaks”
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09.03.2010
“A few years ago, my friend Daniel Smith [of indie oddballs Danielson Famile] invited me to the Tin Angel, a tiny club in Philadelphia, to hear Jimmy Scott. I had no clue who he was, but I was blown away. He sang in this lilting, odd, almost grandmotherly voice, but it was also so youthful. It was like he was extremely old and extremely young simultaneously. [...] It almost sounds like he’s singing in a different time signature or tempo, and yet he’s very deliberately placing his phrases in all of these bizarre upbeats. Everything is so suspended, his voice just drifts.”
Sufjan Stevens [via]
Jimmy scott – Motherless child – live
07.03.2010
For the last couple of months I’ve been indulging myself in the music of Paul Simon, for reasons (I hope) I need not explain. Today, while biking in sunny weather, I found myself somewhat dissapointed in a song by PS (something which seldom happens): it was all too much alike another well-known song written by Paul Simon himself – note the song itself was really good.
While it is a good thing to be recognizable as an artist, I can’t stand it when a songwriter seems to work with a too limited arsenal of melodies (the way my lyrics are limited by a shortage of methaphores).
You can imagine my relief when it turned out I was listening to an early demo of the same song: only the subject, melody and structure was different.
Lesson learned (again): don’t be satisfied too soon. Improvement is almost always possible.
Note the differences for yourself:
Paul himself tells us the same:
04.03.2010
The recording translates the length of its vinyl groove into audio allowing listeners to experience the 1/4 mile length of the spiral as the record is played. Every inch of the needles path is audible in the form of a click, each foot as a beat and distances of 10 feet are heard as a blip. These sounds gradually slow as the stylus approaches the center, (the stylus travels less distance in the groove with each revolution of the record). Along the way, the voice of the narrator mentions the horizontal dimensions of particular objects.
Artist: Daniel Eatock
Production: Malcolm Goldie
03.03.2010
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01.03.2010
Photo’s from my trip to cold and quiet ‘Friesland’
A great place for some ‘alone time’ writing, thinking, wondering and drinking…
01.03.2010
It’s been quiet here, last week, due to vacation. I went looking for inspiration in Berlin; where the world begins, BPitch Control resides and the streets are filled with (empty) concrete flats and creativity. Who’s in for emigration?!
15.02.2010
Logorama made by H5 with more than 2,500 logos in it (oscar nom 2010)
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